The labour market statistics were published today by the Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency.
Labour market statistics
July’s proposed redundancies highest of 2021
- 850 redundancies were proposed during July 2021, taking the total number of proposed collective redundancies in the last twelve months to 6,090, nearly a third less than the number recorded in the previous twelve months (8,790).
- During July 2021, 250 redundancies were confirmed, taking the annual total to 5,750. This annual total was 81% higher than in the previous year (3,180).
NI Claimant Count (Experimental Series) decreased for the fifth consecutive month
- In July 2021, the seasonally adjusted number of people on the claimant count was 50,000 (5.1% of the workforce), which is a decrease of 800 (1.5%) from the previous…
